I’ve been trying to get back into the blogging routine after a long hiatus. A Tasting the Past post seemed fitting to rekindle the habit. Ruth Ann’s cherry crunch comes to you courtesy of a hand written recipe from the wooden box.

The recipe itself is quite simple: it’s a cherry crumble. Also, it calls for store bought cherry pie filling. But we’re in Ontario and in the middle of summer where fresh produce is abundant. Foodland Ontario’s – a program part of the province’s ministry of Agriculture and Food – slogan boasts “Good things grow in Ontario”… In other words, it would wrong to not make our own cherry filling.

We had several sour cherries left over from the week before. We also had about half a pint of currants that were kicking around in the fridge that would ultimately be put to good use. continue reading